Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 466
After Zhao Bingjun reported the situation, he thought that the emperor would be overjoyed, but after a long silence, Guan Xuqing said, "I will send power to Roosevelt immediately in my name. I express my regret for the San Francisco earthquake. As long as the US side needs , China will send a rescue team of the highest level to San Francisco at any time to help with disaster relief."

Zhao Bingjun was stunned: "Your Majesty, don't Americans deserve this kind of retribution? Why do we send aid?"

Guan Xuqing sneered and said: "What do you know? This is called a big country gesture, and it is also for others to see. We are now facing severe floods. We do this to show our gesture. In the future, countries around the world will continue to provide assistance. "

Zhao Bingjun asked suspiciously: "Your Majesty, is this really possible?"

Guan Xuqing's face sank, "When did you become so nonsense, just follow the order, I don't like people who ask questions."

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Ever since the catastrophic disaster occurred in the Yellow River, Guan Xuqing has been paying attention to the reports of the world media on this aspect. After the continuous spring rain in spring and summer, the flood suddenly broke out.The Yellow River was flooded, and many dams in six northern provinces collapsed. The floods spread to dozens of counties and villages. Hundreds of thousands of people were killed in the floods. After the floods, more than 10 million people were left homeless.In fact, this is a catastrophic natural disaster worse than the San Francisco earthquake.

What shocked Guan Xuqing was that the world's media mainly focused on the San Francisco earthquake, and did not pay attention to the floods in China. There were only a few words to describe the flood disaster that caused millions of casualties.Even the newspapers in many major Western countries did not mention it.When it comes to disasters, it is only a general reference to another flood in northern China.

"The flood of the Yellow River caused millions of casualties, and 400 million people were left homeless. However, why not only the international attention was not paid much attention, but even the domestic news was attracted by those political news, reformists and revolutionaries' political polemic news. Attractive? The news industry that even reported a strike of female workers is much wider than the news about the disaster?" Guan Xuqing felt seriously disappointed.

Wu Tongju had already been ordered to control the river, and within a week, the news that came back was worrying.

In the area of ​​the two lakes, "up and down the coast, the lives and properties of the residents were wiped out, and there was a vast ocean for hundreds of miles"!Henan is the worst, in fact, there are severe floods all over the south.

"Flooded areas in Jiangsu cover eight prefectures and one prefecture. Xu, Hai, and Huai'an in the north of the Yangtze River are the most severely affected, and there are especially many refugees."

At the turn of spring and summer in Anhui, it rained for more than 60 days, and mountain torrents broke out. The Huai, Si, Sha, Ru, and other rivers swelled at the same time. There are four to 50 people a day. There are families, men and women who throw themselves into the river, and some who die on the way out of the country. They look at each other, it's unbearable to hear."

The torrential rain in Shandong was like pouring, the river swelled and overflowed, the lake was flooded backwards, and the scope of the flood was extremely wide.Jinan Prefecture is particularly affected by the disaster.

Guan Xuqing put down the booklet, sighed a long time, and said to Yang Shenxiu, the Minister of Agriculture and Water Resources: "Since ancient times, floods have plagued life for a lifetime, and the number of refugees everywhere has skyrocketed. In this way, not only the victims cannot receive effective relief, but the large population flow will also lead to local social problems. The order is chaotic, and this matter must be investigated. No matter what method you use, you must hurry up to make temporary tents for disaster relief. It is best to rush to make them on the spot and send them to the disaster area for emergency assistance. We must not let the disaster victims live in chaos After the tents are set up, it is up to the local authorities to plan the resettlement areas for the disaster victims in various places.”

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Guan Xuqing said to Li Zhen again: "The Ministry of Finance will allocate special funds to relieve the people in the disaster-stricken areas. This money must be earmarked for special purposes, and a special government office will be assigned to allocate it. I just want to make it clear to you that this money will not matter No one can embezzle it without permission, and it must be distributed to the disaster area in a timely and full amount, and the Ministry of Finance will send special personnel to supervise the distribution of money and food and relief matters in various places."

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"People from the Suzheng Hall should stop staying in the capital. You should send people to various places to supervise the use and distribution of money and food. If anyone dares to use this money and food without permission, they will be killed without mercy!"

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Guan Xuqing said to Feng Xianghua: "In the name of the Ministry of the Army, immediately issue an order to the troops stationed in the disaster-stricken areas to dispatch troops to the disaster-stricken areas for rescue. The soldiers and civilians must work together to minimize the losses of this disaster. Remember, this The catastrophe of the Yellow River is war, and anyone who dares to be afraid to move forward will follow the military law and will not be tolerated!"

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Guan Xuqing also said to Sun Wen, the Minister of Health: "After a major disaster, there will be a major epidemic. The Ministry of Health must immediately come up with a medical rescue plan for me, and at the same time, immediately dispatch experienced medical rescue personnel from various places to go to various places. To carry out medical assistance in the disaster area, the epidemic must not be allowed to spread on a large scale, otherwise you are asking me!"

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Guan Xuqing's eyes flickered, he looked at Yang Du, Minister of Culture, and said, "I can see from the newspapers these days that it is also a catastrophe. The San Francisco earthquake can't be compared to our country's once-in-a-century flood. I am very displeased to focus on the United States. From now on, the media stations of the Empire around the world will use their propaganda machines to track and report the disaster in our country, and call on all countries in the world to lend a helping hand to The people in the disaster-stricken areas in China provide help. Our country has already made a gesture of assistance to San Francisco, the United States, and I believe that countries around the world will never sit idly by for this more ferocious disaster in our country."

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Guan Xuqing said slowly: "After this court meeting, I will launch a nationwide donation campaign. I will distribute a report to the government offices in various places, and I will widely mobilize industry and commerce to donate money and materials to the disaster-stricken areas. Ministry of Internal Affairs, listen, I will express As a gesture, first set aside 100 million yuan from internal funds for disaster relief, and then start with the royal family in Beijing, and every family registration will give me a sum of money, and then expand to senior officials in Beijing and local officials People and others. This is a sum of conscience money, which is managed by the Ministry of Finance and is responsible for distributing it.”

Guan Xuqing said sternly: "Dear dear friends, as the saying goes, it is difficult to rejuvenate the country. I hope that you can help each other and resist this catastrophe together. The empire is in sight, I am in hope, and the people are in hope!"

"Your servants are honored to obey the holy orders!"

After the imperial meeting, the various ministries acted urgently according to the emperor's decree, and all localities were rushing to make tents and disaster relief tools. Within three days, the first batch of tents were distributed to the residents in the disaster area one after another.At the same time, the Ministry of Health urgently dispatched a group of medical rescue personnel from various places to go to the disaster-stricken areas to carry out medical assistance.The first special fund of 5000 million yuan allocated by the Ministry of Finance also arrived in the hardest-hit areas in Henan five days later.All provinces have opened grain stores to supply grain and rice to the resettlement sites.Due to the adoption of these effective measures, the victims of disasters in various places have been properly resettled. However, due to the large number of victims, it was not possible to resettle all of them for a while. In some places, famine has already occurred, and starving and dying are everywhere.Guan Xuqing issued two imperial decrees in succession, ordering the provinces to raise funds on the spot to solve the resettlement problem of the victims. In any case, there should be no riots among the hungry people, otherwise they will be severely punished.Officials from all over the country were photographed in Huangwei. Some were unable to resettle the victims, so they simply vacated the office to let the victims stay temporarily. In the face of this catastrophe, there will be no human favor at all, and most of those who are ineffective in handling affairs, or even greedy for public funds, will be executed on the spot.

For a moment, the officialdom was shrouded in a thick layer of murderous intent. In front of the rumbling Tianwei, who would dare to do things with all their heart and soul.

As soon as the news that the emperor took the lead in donating money came out, the whole country was shaken. Merchants from all over the country have donated huge sums of money to the disaster-stricken area. Since the world issued the appeal, there have been very few responses from various countries, and it seems that they are not very concerned about the disaster that happened in China.On this day, when Guan Xuqing was worried about this matter, Li Zhen came to see him, and after reporting the fundraising and other matters to the emperor, Guan Xuqing thought that Li Zhenzou had finished the report, and waved his hand wearily, meaning to kneel down.

Seeing the emperor's exhausted expression, Li Zhen couldn't help feeling sour, and said, "Your Majesty, Xu Tuzhi for disaster relief, your majesty should repay the dragon body kindly."

Guan Xuqing nodded: "I know your sympathy, but the flood has caused such a huge loss, millions of people have been displaced, and the money from the court cannot be supplied. How can I not be in a hurry."

Li Zhen's face froze and he said: "I blame all the ministers for their inability to make the emperor worry and tired, minister"

"Forget it, these days, I can see clearly that you are very diligent in doing things, and I am very pleased. You are right, Xu Tuzhi, you should take care of your health for disaster relief. Once your body collapses, I will still rely heavily on you. who."

Li Zhen's eyes turned red, and his voice choked up: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness."

"Okay, I'm tired, you can kneel down first."

Li Zhen was about to step back when he suddenly remembered something, he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, I still have something to say."

"what's up?"

"There is a Jin merchant named Qiao Zhiyong, has the emperor heard of it?"

"Oh, I know this person, what's wrong?"

"He has made a feat!"

"Oh? What feat?"

"Today, Shanxi sent a telegram, saying that Qiao Zhiyong went bankrupt and donated 1 million yuan to the disaster-stricken areas in Shanxi!"

"Really? Is there such a thing?" Guan Xuqing immediately cheered up and sat up straight.

"Your majesty, that's not enough. Under the leadership of Qiao Zhiyong, the shopkeepers of the top ten ticket offices in Shanxi donated generously. In just one day, they raised nearly 5 million yuan for disaster relief. This time, the disaster fund has suddenly become abundant.”

(End of this chapter)